Amusement machine



Nov. 14, 1933. J, F, MEYER AMUSEMENT MACHINE Original Filed Sept. 29, 1930 Patented Nov. 14, 1933 1,934,728 7 AMUSEMENT MACHINE John F. Meyer, Pasadena, Calif. 7 Original application September 29, 1930, Serial 485,045. Divided and this application January 7, 1932. Serial No. 585,226

2 Claims. (Cl. 19446) This is a division of my application 485,045, filed September 29. 1930.

This invention relates to a coin control mechanism and especially to the kind .employed in 5 amusement machines and the like.

The objects of the invention are to provide a novel coin control mechanism of positive and efiicient operation and of simple and economical construction; wherein the weight of the coin re- 1 leases the. mechanism: wherein the coin is discharged after a single operation thereof so that there can be but one operation of the machine for eachv coin inserted thereinto; .and wherein the parts cooperating with the coin may move back 15 into normal position after a coin is discharged therefrom.

In the selected embodiment of the invention illustrated in the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 is .a fragmentary vertical sectional .view

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20 of an amusement machine having my improved coin control mechanism incorporated therein and winch is shown in released position; and Fig. 2 is a fragmentary detail view illustrating the coin control mechanism in latched position. I have shown my invention in connection with anamusement machine of the kind disclosed in my application Serial No. 485,045, filedSeptember 29-, 1930, of which this application is a division and, as described in. that copending applica-.-

tion, the machine includes a striking bag 5 mounted at the upper end of an arm 6 pivotally connected at '7 to a link 8 pivotally mounted at 9 on a bracket 10 carried by the housing 11 of the machine. On a horizontal partition 12 is a bracket13 on which one end of a vertically extending arm 14 is pivotally mounted. In one edge of the arm 14 is a notch 15 and when the parts are in inoperative position, as when the bag 5 rests on the ring'16, the pin providing the pivotal connection '7 rests in the notch 15, as shown in Fig. 2, and the spring 1'7 urges the arm 6 and bag 5 into this position. Fast on the arm 14 is a plate-18 having a shoulder 19 thereon and'the arm 21 of the rocker 20 rests against this shoulder 19 when the bag 5 is in engagement with the ring 16 and the engagement of the arm 21 with the shoulder 19 prevents pivoting of the arm 14 in a clockwise direction as viewed in Fig. 1. Therefore, so long as the arm 19 remains in engagement with the shoulder thepin 7 is retained in the notch 15 for should the arm 6 be moved upwardly, the pin '7 will engage the upper end of the notch 15 which will limit upward movement. The arm 14 normally engages shoulder 14', asshown in Fig. 2. When the arm 21 isv retracted from engagement with the shoulder 19 and the pin 7 is moved into engagement withthe upper end of the notch 15, the arrangement is such that the arm 14 is pivoted in a clockwise direction and, consequently, the end of the notch is disengaged from the pin and therefore the arm 6 may be raised. The arm 6 .is raised until the pin '7 seats onthe upper end of the arm 14, said arm being urged against the pin by the spring 22, extending between said arm and the adjacent wall of the housing 11. A plate 23 on thearm 14 engages thepin '7 when said pin is seated on the upper end of the arm 14 to limit the action of the spring 22. To permit the arm v21 to be pivoted from engagement with the shoulder'l9, the rocker 20 is pivotally mounted onthe bracket 24 carried by the horizontal partition 12. Carried by the bracket 24 is a coin guide 25 having an opening 26 in one wall thereof through which the arm 27 projects, said arm being provided on the rocker 20 opposite the arm 21. The coin guide 25 extends to an opening in the partition 12 so that a coin passed through theguide will move through said opening into a coin compartment where the coins will be so collected. Extending through the rear wall of the housing 11 is a coin trough 28 having a slide 29 therein. I a

When a coin of proper size is disposed in an openingin theslide 29 and this slide is moved 5 inwardly the coin will fall into the funnel-like member 33 which will direct the coin to the guide 25. The guide 25 is so shaped that the coin will be flatly positioned therein and hence as the coin moves through this guide it will strike against the end of the arm 27 projecting throughthe opening 26 and will pivot this arm sufiiciently to disengage the arm 21 from the shoulder 19. The edge of the plate 18 immediately above the shoulder 19 is bevelled as indicated at 34 and when the arm 21 is pivoted upwardly as described, it moves into alignment with this bevelled edge 34. Therefore when the arm 14 is pivoted in a clockwise direction as viewed in Fig. l the bevelled edge 34 will act on the arm 21 to pivot it upwardly in a greater amount whereupon the end of the arm 27 will be passed out of the coin guide 25. Thus the coin will be free to pass on through the coin guide 25 and into the coin receptacle. When the arm 21 is pivoted upwardly as described it engages the return member 35 pivotally mounted at 36' at the upper end of the bracket 24 and the return member 35 is pivoted upwardly against the action of the spring 36. When the bag 5 is disposed in the upper position illustrated in Fig. 1 and a 1 0 blow is struck the pin 37 on the arm 6 engages the arm 14 and so pivots this arm that it is moved from position below the pin '7 whereupon the spring 17 pulls the arm 6 downwardly and the spring 22 moves the arm 14 in a counter-clockwise direction as viewed in Fig. 1 so that when the arm 6 moves into its lowermost position the pin '7 will again be disposed in the notch 15. As the arm 14 pivots in the counter-clockwise direction as described the spring 36 acts on the return member to urge the arm 21 downwardly. However, the spring 36 does not maintain the return member 35 in engagement with the arm 21 until it has moved into engagement with the shoulder 19 but rather the return member 35 disengages the arm 21 prior to movement into engagement with said shoulder 19 and the member 35 merely'serves to impart sufficient impetus to the arm 21 to insure its re-engagement with the shoulder 19. A shoulder at the upper end of the bracket 24 engages the underside of the return member and disengages it from the arm 21 prior to the reengagement of said arm with the shoulder 19. The arm 21 is preferably longer than the arm 27 and therefore it will be urged by gravity into proper position and the purpose of the member 35 is merelyto insure that the arm 21 will move. Whenthe arm 21 re-engages the shoulder 19 the arm 14 will be held against movement in a counter-clockwise direction and, consequently, the pin 7 cannot be moved from the notch 15 until another coin has been inserted and the arm 21 hasbeen retracted from engagement from the shoulder 19 in the manner previously described.

, 'From the foregoing description it is manifest that I have provided a coin control mechanism wherein the weight of the coin pivots a member from latching position. Further, after the member has been pivoted from latching position one of the parts formerly latched thereby engages the member to so pivot it that the coin is released therefrom and, inasmuch as the release of the coin is incidental to the operation of the device, it is manifest thatit is possible to operate the device only once for each coin inserted. Furthermore, I have provided an arrangement which insures re-positioning of the latching member in latching position when the parts are moved back into normal or inoperative position and this additionally insures that there wlll be but one operation of the device for each coin inserted.

In the foregoing description I have illustrated and described a selected embodiment of my invention but it is to be understood that this is capable of variation and modification and I therefore do not wish to be limited to the precise details set forth but desire to avail myself of such changes and modifications as fall within the purview of the following claims:

I claim:

1. In a coin control mechanism for latching a pivotal member, a'coin guide, a rocker having an end thereof extended into said coin guide, a plate on said pivotal member having a shoulder thereon engageable by said rocker to hold said pivotal member in latched position, said rocker being moved from engagement with said shoulder when a coin inserted into said coin guide engages said rocker, said plate having a bevelled edge thereon above said shoulder and engageable with said rocker to pivot said rocker out of said coin guide when said pivotal member is moved after said rocker'has been moved from engagement with the shoulder on said plate, a pivotally mounted return member engageable with said rocker to urge said rocker back intoholding position when said pivotal member is moved back into latching position, means acting on said return member and urging it toward said rocker, and means for disengaging said return member from said rocker prior to movement of said rocker back into engagement with said shoulder.

2. In a coin control latch, means for limiting movement of a pivotal member in one direction and including a rocker, a coin guide having an opening therein, an arm on said rocker extending into said coin guide through said opening whereby when a coin passes through said coin guide said rocker is pivoted from position to limit movement of said pivotal member, means for moving said rocker to move said arm out of said coin guide to free the coin, means for urging said rocker backinto position to limit movement of said pivotal member after a coin' has been freed and including a pivotally mounted return member engageable with said rocker means acting on said return member and urging it toward said rocker, and means for disengaging said return member from said rocker prior to movementof said rocker back into position to limit movement of said pivotal member. 7

- JOHN F. MEYER. 

